歐拉-馬斯刻若尼常數
歐拉-馬斯刻若尼常數是一个数学常数,定义为调和级数与自然对数的差值:
- γ=limn→∞[(∑k=1n1k)−ln(n)]=∫1∞(1⌊x⌋−1x)dx{displaystyle gamma =lim _{nrightarrow infty }left[left(sum _{k=1}^{n}{frac {1}{k}}right)-ln(n)right]=int _{1}^{infty }left({1 over lfloor xrfloor }-{1 over x}right),dx}
它的近似值为γ≈0.577215664901532860606512090082402431042159335{displaystyle gamma approx 0.577215664901532860606512090082402431042159335}[1],
歐拉-馬斯刻若尼常數主要应用于数论。
目录
1 历史
2 性质
2.1 与伽玛函数的关系
2.2 与ζ函数的关系
2.3 积分
2.4 级数展开式
2.5 渐近展开式
3 已知位数
4 相关证明
5 參考文獻
6 外部連結
历史
该常数最先由瑞士数学家莱昂哈德·欧拉在1735年发表的文章De Progressionibus harmonicus observationes中定义。欧拉曾经使用C{displaystyle C}作为它的符号,并计算出了它的前6位小数。1761年他又将该值计算到了16位小数。1790年,意大利数学家洛倫佐·馬斯刻若尼引入了γ{displaystyle gamma }
作为这个常数的符号,并将该常数计算到小数点后32位。但后来的计算显示他在第20位的时候出现了错误。
目前尚不知道该常数是否为有理数,但是分析表明如果它是一个有理数,那么它的分母位数将超过10242080。[2]
性质
与伽玛函数的关系
−γ=Γ′(1)=Ψ(1){displaystyle -gamma =Gamma '(1)=Psi (1)}。
γ=limx→∞[x−Γ(1x)]{displaystyle gamma =lim _{xto infty }left[x-Gamma left({frac {1}{x}}right)right]}。
γ=limn→∞[Γ(1n)Γ(n+1)n1+1nΓ(2+n+1n)−n2n+1]{displaystyle gamma =lim _{nto infty }left[{frac {Gamma ({frac {1}{n}})Gamma (n+1),n^{1+{frac {1}{n}}}}{Gamma (2+n+{frac {1}{n}})}}-{frac {n^{2}}{n+1}}right]}。
与ζ函数的关系
- γ=∑m=2∞(−1)mζ(m)m{displaystyle gamma =sum _{m=2}^{infty }{frac {(-1)^{m}zeta (m)}{m}}}
=ln(4π)+∑m=1∞(−1)m−1ζ(m+1)2m(m+1){displaystyle =ln left({frac {4}{pi }}right)+sum _{m=1}^{infty }{frac {(-1)^{m-1}zeta (m+1)}{2^{m}(m+1)}}}。
- limε→0ζ(1+ε)+ζ(1−ε)2=γ{displaystyle lim _{varepsilon to 0}{frac {zeta (1+varepsilon )+zeta (1-varepsilon )}{2}}=gamma }
- γ=32−ln2−∑m=2∞(−1)mm−1m[ζ(m)−1]{displaystyle gamma ={frac {3}{2}}-ln 2-sum _{m=2}^{infty }(-1)^{m},{frac {m-1}{m}}[zeta (m)-1]}
=limn→∞[2n−12n−lnn+∑k=2n(1k−ζ(1−k)nk)]{displaystyle =lim _{nto infty }left[{frac {2,n-1}{2,n}}-ln ,n+sum _{k=2}^{n}left({frac {1}{k}}-{frac {zeta (1-k)}{n^{k}}}right)right]}。
- =limn→∞[2ne2n∑m=0∞2mn(m+1)!∑t=0m1t+1−nln2+O(12ne2n)]{displaystyle =lim _{nto infty }left[{frac {2^{n}}{e^{2^{n}}}}sum _{m=0}^{infty }{frac {2^{m,n}}{(m+1)!}}sum _{t=0}^{m}{frac {1}{t+1}}-n,ln 2+Oleft({frac {1}{2^{n},e^{2^{n}}}}right)right]}
- =limn→∞[2ne2n∑m=0∞2mn(m+1)!∑t=0m1t+1−nln2+O(12ne2n)]{displaystyle =lim _{nto infty }left[{frac {2^{n}}{e^{2^{n}}}}sum _{m=0}^{infty }{frac {2^{m,n}}{(m+1)!}}sum _{t=0}^{m}{frac {1}{t+1}}-n,ln 2+Oleft({frac {1}{2^{n},e^{2^{n}}}}right)right]}
- γ=lims→1+∑n=1∞(1ns−1sn)=lims→1+(ζ(s)−1s−1){displaystyle gamma =lim _{sto 1^{+}}sum _{n=1}^{infty }left({frac {1}{n^{s}}}-{frac {1}{s^{n}}}right)=lim _{sto 1^{+}}left(zeta (s)-{frac {1}{s-1}}right)}
- γ=limx→∞[x−Γ(1x)]{displaystyle gamma =lim _{xto infty }left[x-Gamma left({frac {1}{x}}right)right]}
=limn→∞1n∑k=1n(⌈nk⌉−nk){displaystyle =lim _{nto infty }{frac {1}{n}},sum _{k=1}^{n}left(leftlceil {frac {n}{k}}rightrceil -{frac {n}{k}}right)}。
- γ=∑k=1n1k−ln(n)−∑m=2∞ζ(m,n+1)m{displaystyle gamma =sum _{k=1}^{n}{frac {1}{k}}-ln(n)-sum _{m=2}^{infty }{frac {zeta (m,n+1)}{m}}}
积分
γ=−∫0∞e−xlnxdx=∫∞0e−xlnxdx{displaystyle gamma =-int _{0}^{infty }{e^{-x}ln x},dx=int _{infty }^{0}{e^{-x}ln x},dx}[證明 1]=−∫01lnln1xdx{displaystyle =-int _{0}^{1}{ln ln {frac {1}{x}}},dx}
- =∫0∞(11−e−x−1x)e−xdx{displaystyle =int _{0}^{infty }{left({frac {1}{1-e^{-x}}}-{frac {1}{x}}right)e^{-x}},dx}
- =∫0∞(11−e−x−1x)e−xdx{displaystyle =int _{0}^{infty }{left({frac {1}{1-e^{-x}}}-{frac {1}{x}}right)e^{-x}},dx}
- =∫0∞1x(11+x−e−x)dx{displaystyle =int _{0}^{infty }{{frac {1}{x}}left({frac {1}{1+x}}-e^{-x}right)},dx}
- =∫0∞1x(11+x−e−x)dx{displaystyle =int _{0}^{infty }{{frac {1}{x}}left({frac {1}{1+x}}-e^{-x}right)},dx}
- ∫0∞e−x2lnxdx=−14(γ+2ln2)π{displaystyle int _{0}^{infty }{e^{-x^{2}}ln x},dx=-{tfrac {1}{4}}(gamma +2ln 2){sqrt {pi }}}
∫0∞e−xln2xdx=γ2+π26{displaystyle int _{0}^{infty }{e^{-x}ln ^{2}x},dx=gamma ^{2}+{frac {pi ^{2}}{6}}}。
- γ=∫01∫01x−1(1−xy)ln(xy)dxdy=∑n=1∞(1n−lnn+1n){displaystyle gamma =int _{0}^{1}int _{0}^{1}{frac {x-1}{(1-x,y)ln(x,y)}},dx,dy=sum _{n=1}^{infty }left({frac {1}{n}}-ln {frac {n+1}{n}}right)}
- ∑n=1∞N1(n)+N0(n)2n(2n+1)=γ{displaystyle sum _{n=1}^{infty }{frac {N_{1}(n)+N_{0}(n)}{2n(2n+1)}}=gamma }
级数展开式
- γ=∑k=1∞[1k−ln(1+1k)]{displaystyle gamma =sum _{k=1}^{infty }left[{frac {1}{k}}-ln left(1+{frac {1}{k}}right)right]}
γ=1−∑k=2∞(−1)k⌊log2k⌋k+1{displaystyle gamma =1-sum _{k=2}^{infty }(-1)^{k}{frac {lfloor log _{2}krfloor }{k+1}}}.
- γ=∑k=2∞(−1)k⌊log2k⌋k=12−13+2(14−15+16−17)+3(18−⋯−115)+…{displaystyle gamma =sum _{k=2}^{infty }(-1)^{k}{frac {leftlfloor log _{2}krightrfloor }{k}}={tfrac {1}{2}}-{tfrac {1}{3}}+2left({tfrac {1}{4}}-{tfrac {1}{5}}+{tfrac {1}{6}}-{tfrac {1}{7}}right)+3left({tfrac {1}{8}}-dots -{tfrac {1}{15}}right)+dots }
γ+ζ(2)=∑k=1∞1k⌊k⌋2=1+12+13+14(14+⋯+18)+19(19+⋯+115)+…{displaystyle gamma +zeta (2)=sum _{k=1}^{infty }{frac {1}{klfloor {sqrt {k}}rfloor ^{2}}}=1+{tfrac {1}{2}}+{tfrac {1}{3}}+{tfrac {1}{4}}left({tfrac {1}{4}}+dots +{tfrac {1}{8}}right)+{tfrac {1}{9}}left({tfrac {1}{9}}+dots +{tfrac {1}{15}}right)+dots }
γ=∑k=2∞k−⌊k⌋2k2⌊k⌋2=122+232+122(152+262+372+482)+132(1102+⋯+6152)+…{displaystyle gamma =sum _{k=2}^{infty }{frac {k-lfloor {sqrt {k}}rfloor ^{2}}{k^{2}lfloor {sqrt {k}}rfloor ^{2}}}={tfrac {1}{2^{2}}}+{tfrac {2}{3^{2}}}+{tfrac {1}{2^{2}}}left({tfrac {1}{5^{2}}}+{tfrac {2}{6^{2}}}+{tfrac {3}{7^{2}}}+{tfrac {4}{8^{2}}}right)+{tfrac {1}{3^{2}}}left({tfrac {1}{10^{2}}}+dots +{tfrac {6}{15^{2}}}right)+dots }
- γ=∫0111+x∑n=1∞x2n−1dx{displaystyle gamma =int _{0}^{1}{frac {1}{1+x}}sum _{n=1}^{infty }x^{2^{n}-1},dx}
γ{displaystyle gamma }的连分数展开式为:
γ=[0;1,1,2,1,2,1,4,3,13,5,1,1,8,1,2,4,1,1,40,...]{displaystyle gamma =[0;1,1,2,1,2,1,4,3,13,5,1,1,8,1,2,4,1,1,40,...],}(OEIS中的数列A002852).
渐近展开式
- γ≈Hn−ln(n)−12n+112n2−1120n4+...{displaystyle gamma approx H_{n}-ln left(nright)-{frac {1}{2n}}+{frac {1}{12n^{2}}}-{frac {1}{120n^{4}}}+...}
- γ≈Hn−ln(n+12+124n−148n3+...){displaystyle gamma approx H_{n}-ln left({n+{frac {1}{2}}+{frac {1}{24n}}-{frac {1}{48n^{3}}}+...}right)}
- γ≈Hn−ln(n)+ln(n+1)2−16n(n+1)+130n2(n+1)2−...{displaystyle gamma approx H_{n}-{frac {ln left(nright)+ln left({n+1}right)}{2}}-{frac {1}{6nleft({n+1}right)}}+{frac {1}{30n^{2}left({n+1}right)^{2}}}-...}
已知位数
| 日期 | 位数 | 计算者 |
|---|---|---|
| 1734年 | 5 | 莱昂哈德·欧拉 |
| 1736年 | 15 | 莱昂哈德·欧拉 |
| 1790年 | 19 | Lorenzo Mascheroni |
| 1809年 | 24 | Johann G. von Soldner |
| 1812年 | 40 | F.B.G. Nicolai |
| 1861年 | 41 | Oettinger |
| 1869年 | 59 | William Shanks |
| 1871年 | 110 | William Shanks |
| 1878年 | 263 | 约翰·柯西·亚当斯 |
| 1962年 | 1,271 | 高德纳 |
| 1962年 | 3,566 | D.W. Sweeney |
| 1977年 | 20,700 | Richard P. Brent |
| 1980年 | 30,100 | Richard P. Brent和埃德温·麦克米伦 |
| 1993年 | 172,000 | Jonathan Borwein |
| 1997年 | 1,000,000 | Thomas Papanikolaou |
| 1998年12月 | 7,286,255 | Xavier Gourdon |
| 1999年10月 | 108,000,000 | Xavier Gourdon和Patrick Demichel |
| 2006年7月16日 | 2,000,000,000 | Shigeru Kondo和Steve Pagliarulo |
| 2006年12月8日 | 116,580,041 | Alexander J. Yee |
| 2007年7月15日 | 5,000,000,000 | Shigeru Kondo和Steve Pagliarulo |
| 2008年1月1日 | 1,001,262,777 | Richard B. Kreckel |
| 2008年1月3日 | 131,151,000 | Nicholas D. Farrer |
| 2008年6月30日 | 10,000,000,000 | Shigeru Kondo和Steve Pagliarulo |
| 2009年1月18日 | 14,922,244,771 | Alexander J. Yee和Raymond Chan |
| 2009年3月13日 | 29,844,489,545 | Alexander J. Yee和Raymond Chan |
相关证明
^ γ=−∫0∞e−xlnxdx{displaystyle gamma =-int _{0}^{infty }{e^{-x}ln x},dx}的证明:
首先根据放缩法(∫kk+11xdx<1k<∫k−1k1xdx{displaystyle int _{k}^{k+1}{frac {1}{x}},dx<{frac {1}{k}}<int _{k-1}^{k}{frac {1}{x}},dx})容易知道,∫kk−11xdx−1k<1k(k−1){displaystyle int _{k}^{k-1}{frac {1}{x}},dx-{frac {1}{k}}<{frac {1}{k(k-1)}}}
,以及lnn<∑k=1n1k<1+lnn{displaystyle ln n<sum _{k=1}^{n}{frac {1}{k}}<1+ln n}
。因此γ{displaystyle gamma }
存在并有限。
∑k=1n1k{displaystyle sum _{k=1}^{n}{frac {1}{k}}}
=∑k=1n∫01tk−1dt{displaystyle =sum _{k=1}^{n}int _{0}^{1}t^{k-1},dt}
=∫01∑k=1ntk−1dt{displaystyle =int _{0}^{1}sum _{k=1}^{n}t^{k-1},dt}
=∫011−tn1−tdt{displaystyle =int _{0}^{1}{frac {1-t^{n}}{1-t}},dt}
=∫n01−(1−xn)n1−(1−xn)d(1−xn){displaystyle =int _{n}^{0}{frac {1-left(1-{frac {x}{n}}right)^{n}}{1-left(1-{frac {x}{n}}right)}}dleft(1-{tfrac {x}{n}}right)}
=∫n01−(1−xn)nxn(−1n)dx{displaystyle =int _{n}^{0}{frac {1-left(1-{frac {x}{n}}right)^{n}}{frac {x}{n}}}left(-{frac {1}{n}}right)dx}
=∫0n1−(1−xn)nxdx{displaystyle =int _{0}^{n}{frac {1-left(1-{frac {x}{n}}right)^{n}}{x}}dx}
而lnn=∫1n1xdx,{displaystyle ln n=int _{1}^{n}{frac {1}{x}},dx,}
所以γ=limn→∞(∑k=1n1k−lnn){displaystyle gamma =lim _{nto infty }left(sum _{k=1}^{n}{frac {1}{k}}-ln nright)}
=limn→∞[∫0n1−(1−x/n)nxdx−∫1n1xdx]{displaystyle =lim _{nto infty }left[int _{0}^{n}{frac {1-(1-x/n)^{n}}{x}},dx-int _{1}^{n}{frac {1}{x}},dxright]}
=limn→∞[∫011−(1−x/n)nxdx−∫1n(1−x/n)nx]{displaystyle =lim _{nto infty }left[int _{0}^{1}{frac {1-(1-x/n)^{n}}{x}},dx-int _{1}^{n}{frac {(1-x/n)^{n}}{x}}right]}
=∫011−limn→∞(1−x/n)nxdx−∫1∞limn→∞(1−x/n)nx{displaystyle =int _{0}^{1}{frac {1-lim _{nto infty }(1-x/n)^{n}}{x}},dx-int _{1}^{infty }{frac {lim _{nto infty }(1-x/n)^{n}}{x}}}
(单调收敛定理)
=∫011−e−xxdx−∫1∞e−xx{displaystyle =int _{0}^{1}{frac {1-e^{-x}}{x}},dx-int _{1}^{infty }{frac {e^{-x}}{x}}}
=(1−e−x)lnx|01−∫01lnxd(1−e−x)−e−xlnx|1∞+∫1∞lnxde−x{displaystyle =left.(1-e^{-x})ln xright|_{0}^{1}-int _{0}^{1}ln x,d(1-e^{-x})-left.e^{-x}ln xright|_{1}^{infty }+int _{1}^{infty }ln x,de^{-x}}
=−∫0∞e−xlnxdx.{displaystyle =-int _{0}^{infty }e^{-x}ln x,dx.}
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